Conveyer



ug- 9, 1932- A.'|=. ANDERSON l 1,871,354

Aug. 9, 1932. A. P. ANDERSON GONVEYER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 3, 1951 Patented Aug. 9, 1932 1,871,35@

amiral) STATES erlitten AEDREW P. ANDERSON, F BROOKLYN, NEWrYORK, ASSIGNORH'BOTPHELAMSON ff.(10`1'lY LPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A GORPDRATIONOFaMSSAG'HUSETTS GONVEYER Application filed January 3,2'1531. 5Seiia1 1101.?506396.

This invention relates to an improvement i121 Land Vffootjpiilleys'2.2 fand "Suitable in conveyers and more particularly in con- `uneans, such as anfelectricfmotorf'drivthe veyers of the type in which loads are raised head pulleys @18 and 20 Athrough 'afhainQ) or lowered by supporting means which travel Fflom ai pulleyQG. The ivarious pulleys land upwardly or downwardly in a vertical well. 'the'fmotor are fsutably supported upontthe It has heretofore been the practice in conyframefdefiningthefshaftwvay veyers of this type to load the supporting fflitermediatethefendsoffthe'tflightsillts means from one side only of the well and the Supported in each Well a partitionSO-suitably primary object of this invention is to provide aneh'ored at its -upper end ftofthefelevatorlo a conveyer wherein the carrying surfaces of 1 'frajme. Aslshown. particulalyin Fljgf'i the 60 the load supporting means are divided so that `fligl1ts 151 travelY freely past'lth'e si'de edges 'f i loads can be supplied thereto from opposite -1ftl1cfpflIttOHSV `30,5Suf5l1`'liglltsblg 4PI'OYlI,t l sides of the well, these operations being per- 'llitlieplcsel't cmbofdim'en't --with notches'gl formed independently and the efficiency of yslibstaiitiallyimihvayof their lengthito "7 the conveyer being thereby doubled or at "Wllll'the'fedgefOf the 'Partition PYB'CGS least appreciably increased. Mounted upo'nthe partition are "anglejbars' A further Object of thisV invent-,i011 is t0 y"32i7vh-1i'2h1actfto'stilfentheipartitiensiandalso provide in a conveyer comprising a plurality *asfshownunfFrg Bjto determinethelocation of load supporting flights traveling in the f0`f"tll'`tlftys,fOnjei6ft-which, idesignated"as in well, a partition in the well transversely of SliSlIOWninpo'sition. "Thefp`artiti'on30 thus70 the flights and intermediate the ends thereof 4liftlestheloadSllpptllg*surfaces'Offthe which partition divides the carrying surfaces f l1`gl1tS,"fthQse '0n oneiside 'of the partition beof the flights so that the surfaces of the flights *111g accessible Vfrom *thefopenings 12 '"while at one side of the partition are supplied with ithose fontthe -othersidev are raecessible from loads independently of the surfaces at the -hefGPen-lgs 13- i 75 @they Siga As @willlbewve'll understood, thefiiights 1175 Other objects of this invention will appear "@TefGIllSedtO trawl?thfolgllftlliwllsfittle n scription and of the accompanying drawings 'i'fllg'llts C'OGtlIli-pals t0l su Vportthe"trays215i.

wherein; The f-trays ,fare introduce zonto -the'flights "S0 Figs. 1 and 2 are side and end elevations 'tllfllgll VALtllE-fOp'tllllgsl2 fnd j'13 v2in the'well respectively of a conveyer embodying this "Uitg-111g 53ml fmfybe 7103595.'lllepeneltly invention; and from either sifdefoffltlhe wells f'llheitrays F ig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view latled -`onto th'e'iflights infthe'wvell llll, in thereof. Y which the flightsgftravel \1 i pwardly,are1re 85 l have elected to show a conveyer of the HIOVG Wh'eltlhey MV9`3tl-1e PI'OPQT Sta' type illustrated in lthe Gibbs Patent No. tlOIl- Th@ trays lOtCleCl Onto the flights l5 in 1,504,886 modified to embody my invention, the Well may be automatically removed W but it will be understood thatl am not limited by a CIWQYGI belt 35, aS SllO-Wn in Figs. 1W

` thereto and that other types of conveyer may and 2- 99 be similarlyr modiiied. That elevator com- It Wlll be UlldlStOOd that the term Well prises shaft-Way divided into walls l0 and has bee/I1 herein emplOyel t0 designate the 11 to which access at the different floors of a Space in WllCll the COIlVeyeI travels to transbuilding is given by openings 12 and 13 port articles and is not limited in the architecthrough the frameithereof. Traveling in the tulal sense to ay part of the construction of wells are a plurality of flights 15 supported the builfllng itself.

ou pairs of chains or belts 16 and 17. The W'hile one form of embodiment of this inpairs of chains 16 travel over head and foot ventionhas been shown and described, other pulleys 1S and 19 respectively while the pairs forms thereof and other embodiments may i of chains 17 travel over head pulleys 20 and obviously7 Vbe made without departing from y the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims. Y

I claim: 1. A conveyer adapted to transport articles "6l in a well having openings in the opposite sides thereof and comprising a plurality of load supporting flights, meansfor causing the flights to travel in the well, and means for dividing transversely the load support- 10 ing surfaces of the flights, whereby loads may be supplied thereto independently through the openings at opposite sides of the well.

2. A conveyer adapted to transport articles in a well having openings kin the opposite 15 sides thereof and -comprising a plurality ofvrload supporting flights, means for causing the flights to travel in the well and a transverse 'partition in the well, past the ends of Iwhich the flights travel freely,V for dividing 2 5 the load supporting surfaces of the flights,

whereby loads maybe supplied thereto independently `through the openings at opposite sidesof the well. v 3. A conveyer adapted to transport articles J' in a well having openings in the opposite sides thereof and .comprisingl a plurality of loadA J supporting flights notched intermediate the ends, means for causing the flights Vto travel in the well, and a partition in the well eX- 0 tending transversely of the flights, theside v edges of said partition entering the notches ingthe flights, whereby the flights travel freely along the partition and loads may be supplied independently tothe iights through f3 the openings at opposite sides of thewell.

' 4. A conveyer adapted to transport articles in awell having openings in the opposite sides thereof and comprising a plurality of load y supporting iights notched intermediate the 3 ends, means for causing the iiights to travel in the well,land'a partition inthe well secured at itsupper end and extending transversely of the flights,V the'side edges of said partition entering the notches in the flights, C3 whereby the ightstravel freelyalong the partition 'and loads may be supplied independently to the flights through the openings at opposite sides ofthe well.

Signed by me at New York city New York 53 thislr'th day of December, 1930.

- ANDREW P. ANDEnsoN. 

